For the world, you appear like a perennially sick person -- someone always suffering from one or the other disease. But only you know where the real problem lies. It is not in that knee that doesn't stop giving you trouble or that unsettling cough or the floaters in your eyes or your a little [...]
Tag: Life
A World Free of Guilt
Don't you wish if the world we live in could just let us live & not throw on us the heavy weight of guilt of so many kinds? Well, I certainly do! Come on, think of it. There are so, so many types of things that all of us would go ahead and accomplish, if [...]
Hurting Someone
What's the worst that could come out of hurting someone? They would never talk to you? They would never do anything for you later? They would never think of you in the same way again? No, that is not certainly it. The worst thing would be when you get hurt yourself too. At times, even more [...]
The Right Time
It is said that there is a right time for everything. So exactly when is it? When is the right time to get married? When is the right time to have a baby? When is the right time to move in or move out? When is the right time to quit? When is the right [...]
When Words Fail
Have you ever been in a situation where no matter how hard you thought, you just could not come up with any word? When you went BLANK? It happens when no amount of words, strung together even in the most beautiful manner, seem just "right." Today, I heard of a colleague who had a miscarriage. [...]
You Will Be Just Fine
Not a clue Of how to go along. Not a star of hope In the dark sky. Not a sign That something will happen. Still, you will be fine. Not a person By your side. Not a situation In your stride. Not a thing To make you smile. Still, you will be fine. Just a [...]
Starting Afresh
"What? You want to leave everything you have got till now and start over? From scratch?" they asked. "I want to start afresh," she said. "It's the same! Plus, it's insane," they emphasised. "What if it will make me happy?" she asked. "What if you end up disappointed?" they asked back. "At least I would [...]
Call Me My Age
Call me my age Because I won't have it any other way. Treat me my age Because I have earned it anyway. I am a lady, No longer a girl. It's no longer "Sadie," "Sarah" can't be taken for a whirl. My looks might deceive But my words will not. What my past did receive, [...]
When to Give Up
After the third or seventh or twentieth time? When should one finally give up? When should one stop hoping against hope and say enough? It's simple. You give up when you have nothing more to give. When you feel absolutely empty inside. When you no longer care. But till there is even one tiny part [...]
Soulmates
Do you believe they exist? Sometimes in life, there really are bonds formed that can never be broken. Sometimes you really can find that one person who will stand by you no matter what. Maybe you'll find it in a spouse and celebrate it with your dream wedding. But there is also the chance that [...]
An Author You'll Remember 